Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Page Co, VA
• Census: 1880, Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV

Sarah married Stephen H. NICHOLAS 1 Nov 1855, Upshur Co, (W)VA. Stephen (son of George NICHOLAS and Sarah ___) was born 2 Jun 1827, Virginia (now West Virginia); died 13 Apr 1898, Napier, Braxton Co, WV; was buried , Tichenal UMC Cemetery, Corley (Heaters), Braxton Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Holly District, Braxton Co, WV
• Occupation: 1900; day laborer

Notes:

Birth:
Age 63y 9m 24d in death record calculates to a birth date of 22 Jul 1872. But the 1900 Census shows it as Jul 1870, consistent with age 27 in his 1897 marriage record, and his birth record states 2 Jul 1870. The date on his headstone is 1871.

Gideon married Margaret Ann "Maggie" ROGERS 7 Nov 1897, Braxton Co, WV. Margaret was born 14 Apr 1875, Braxton Co, WV; died 17 Oct 1902, Braxton Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Fremont, Sandusky Co, OH
• Census: 1900, Holly District, Braxton Co, WV
• Residence: 1922, Webster Co, WV
• Census: 1930, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV

Mamie married Jacob C. BOWERS 21 Sep 1922, Richwood, Nicholas Co, WV. Jacob (son of Jacob Boyce BOWERS and Lucinda GREATHOUSE) was born 6 Jun 1873, Roane Co, WV; died 5 Jun 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
• Census: 1930, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
• Military: From 19 Jul 1943 to 25 Mar 1946; S1, US Navy, World War II, Pacific, USS Bountiful, (Purple Heart)

Notes:

Military:
Served aboard the U.S.S. Bountiful Hospital Ship (AH-9) in the Pacfic Theater.

Ship information -
Originally launched as the Henderson (AP-1) on 17 June 1916 and commissioned on 24 May 1917. She served as a transport until decommissioned on 13 October 1943 for conversion to a hospital ship.
Length: 483 feet 10 inches
Beam: 61 feet 1 inch
Tonnage: 7,750 GRT
Speed: 13.5 knots
Armament: None
Crew: 233 crewmen
Troop Capacity: 477 patients

1944 - Commissioned as Bountiful on 23 March. Departed San Francisco on 1 April for Honolulu, returning to San Francisco later that month Sailed 1 May for the western Pacific. Arrived on 18 June at Saipan after a brief service at Honolulu and Eniwetok. She made three passages to the hospitals on Kwajalein with casualties of the Marianas invasions and at about this time, Bountiful established one of the few blood banks on a Naval ship. She then remained at Manus until 17 September when she sailed for the Palaus to bring casualties of the Peleliu landing to hospitals in the Solomons. After November, Bountiful operated between Leyte and the rear bases carrying veterans of the Philippines campaign.

1945 - She departed Manus 24 February for Ulithi and Saipan to receive casualties of the Iwo Jima assault, and in the next months sailed to rendezvous with the fleet to take on wounded from Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the fleet units themselves. Returning to Leyte Gulf on 15 June, she remained until 21 July, and then got underway for California. Bountiful arrived after war's end, sailing into San Francisco Bay on 21 August. Bountiful departed San Francisco on i November after being assigned as a hospital ship at Yokosuka, Japan. She arrived 24 November to support the occupation forces, and remained until 27 March 1946 when she sailed for San Francisco.

1946 - The ship sailed 26 May for the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, and after observing the series of nuclear experiments of Operation "Crossroads" returned to Seattle 15 August. She decommissioned 13 September. Bountiful was sold for scrap by the Maritime Commission on 28 January 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle.

Source: http://ww2troopships.com/ships/b/bountiful/default.htm

Francis married Emmogene Frances RADCLIFFE 14 Jul 1946, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV. Emmogene (daughter of Ottis Wilbur RADCLIFFE and Hazel D. CORDER) was born 24 Jan 1927, Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV; died 25 Aug 2014; was buried , West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education: Victory High School (1965)
• Residence: Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV
• Residence: 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV

Barbara married Living. (son of James Russell "Pap" CARPENTER and Ruth HUGHES) [Group Sheet]